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[Littérature italienne - Ed. du XVIe s.] EQUICOLA, Mario Les six livres de Mario Equicola d'Alveto [...]. De la nature d'amour, tant humain que divin, et de toutes les différences d'iceluy [...]. Mis en françois par Gabriel Chappuis [...]. Paris, for J. Houzé, 12mo: [22]-ff. (lacking ff. 282-& 385-sl. browned, upper corner of f. lacking, dampstaining to some corners). 17th-c. overl. vellum, gilt central lozenge-shape ornament on covers, gilt orn. flat spine, ties (rebacked, front joint starting to split, gilt faded). Rare translation by Gabriel Chappuys (1st Fr. ed.: Paris, of Equicola's famous work on love, for which he studied various poets. Although composed between and it was first published in Italian in Venice Equicola (ca. 1470-was a Renaissance humanist, bibliophile and a courtier of Isabella d'Este and Federico II Gonzaga. Printer's mark on title. Ref. Pettegree FB - Blanc, Bibliogr. italico-française universelle, - Not in Adams, BpSTC French (other ed.). Prov. Recollects of Virton (ms. ownership entry).